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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha World Chat Champion
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Posted: 15:12 - 27 Aug 2015 Post subject: need lift stand with min. clearance of 280mm |
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Please give me some suggestions of lift type stands that I can use with a bike whose sump is 280mm off the ground. All the ones I see on ebay and elsewhere seem to be about 350mm. ____________________ "Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
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I bought a cheap ebay lift stand, it's about 15mm too tall to just push under the TTR,which I seem to recall is 280mm off the floor , but I am capable of picking it up 15mm to put onto the stand, then you just need to stand on the lever and away we go!
The CRM is tall enough to just push it under before lifting, the pit bike and MT50 need a lift up onto it, but not by much, about 50mm for both, but they both weigh next to nothing so a lift stand isn't even necessary. ____________________ Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
Past:2003 Aprilia RS125, 1982 Kawasaki GPZ550(FREE BIKE!)
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I honestly can't pick the bastard up a few inches. It's pissing me off. Especially after I watched this little kid on youtube flip his CRF450 up onto a stand that was a good several inches too short.
Doesn't help that it's got nowt to grab onto at the back either though. I can shift my cb500 around a fair bit just by tilting it down onto my right leg and mauling it a good few inches. Can't do this w/ the w650 though. Fat bastard. I mean, I'm not fit, and in any case never was a tough guy type. But I've got a little bit of heft and *some* strength in my arms. Be damned if I can inch the fucker up onto my old crm stand though.
Nope - not going to tell you what bike it is cos I'm a bit embarrassed by it at the moment. Suffice to say I didn't go pumpkin (although did have a go on a 450 that came up locally - was too dear and too knackered but more than that, just way more than I needed). Too much animal for me.
So had to plump for a girl's bike (nope - not a serow ) in the end. Which has a clearance of 294mm, apparently. Can't find official spec figure for crm. At any rate, am currently using daughters' bmx ramp to get back wheel higher, than ramming the old lift under the frame. Works fine but is more of a faff than I'd like. Anyway thanks guys. ____________________ "Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
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ATV lifts go way lower than that. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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Posted: 21:05 - 06 Sep 2015 Post subject: |
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Actually, on that... a rear grab is generally very useful for dirty riding.
For lack of one in the past, I've got a bit of old seat belt (tie down or anything similar will do you fine too) and attached it to the frame rails. Especially in enduros where you may get a marshal giving you a hand out of a muddy bog, but they won't be so impressed if it means grabbing a mud-slopped mudguard.
Also useful when out on your own etc too of course.
Feel your pain re weights - I haven't been able to do anything for a year or so thanks to a dodgy shoulder that's got worse not better . |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 8 years, 235 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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